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Looking back on it now, it’s tough to remember where it all really went bad for me. I figured my girlfriend and I would have a few cocktails at her friend’s apartment and be on our way, asleep in bed by 1:00 a.m. at the latest. It was Labor Day weekend after all, and burning ourselves out on a Friday night seemed like a foolish thing to do. Better to pace ourselves for an inevitable bender that would last into the wee hours of Monday morning. But that’s not how it went.
Slowly but surely, 11:00 p.m. turned into 2:00 a.m., and drinks were being poured with reckless abandon. Red wine, vodka, beer, and I think there was even a shot of whiskey thrown in there at some point for good measure.
“If you see something, say something.”
You heard it in elementary school. You hear it and see it plastered on signs in subways and airport terminals across the country. But sometimes you need to know when to keep your mouth shut. There are occasions when you need to purse your lips and say “Ya know what? I’m just going to let this one slide off of the back of my shoulders because it simply isn’t worth it.”
I found myself in a situation where I thought I had seen something last Friday night. Where my gut and my brain were telling me two different things and no matter how hard I tried I couldn’t shake the sneaking suspicion that something was off.
You know what I did? I went with my gut because I was drunk and I ended getting in a heated argument with my girlfriend. What the argument was about is of no real importance because what I thought I saw was nothing. But in the moment my booze-addled mind was whispering to me.
“This is the hill you should die on tonight. Go ahead, you fucking moron. See what happens when you bring this up to your girlfriend in front of her friends.”
There are two sides to every argument unless, of course, you’re in a fight with a girl you’re dating. You know why comedians recycle that joke about your girlfriend or wife always being right? It’s because it’s relatable and, more importantly, it’s true.
Most, if not all of the time, at least in my relationship, she is in the right. Girls are smarter than boys. And she is one thousand percent smarter than I am.
If you want to get in a fight with your girlfriend you better make it be about something that you’re really, truly passionate about because otherwise you’re just digging yourself a hole and it’s going to be really difficult to get out of it.
I got tossed in the doghouse last weekend for that little spat on Friday but, holy shit, did I deserve it. I was just being an idiot. A jackass of the highest order.
I think arguing on an occasional basis is healthy for any romantic relationship. There are times when you need to put your foot down and say something along the lines of, “Sorry, but no. I don’t agree with you at all.”
Keeping lines of communication open is important. But you have to pick your battles because eventually she’ll just get fed up with your bullshit. Having a girlfriend is difficult sometimes but it’s worth it. 99% of the time, it’s a blast. Just don’t make it any harder on yourself by mimicking what I did last weekend. .
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Literally could not focus on the rest of the article after reading “my girlfriend”
No wonder “The Chase” is dead.
Same exact thought. Also random but does anyone else have to read this on Internet Explorer at work and have all of Duda’s articles never format correctly on screen? I literally have to drag the browser box across two screens to read these.
Really respect the effort to get to the content
Why are you using Internet Explorer? This isn’t the 1800s
Office ONLY uses IE and trust me I’m aware…
Came right down to the comments as soon as I read it, thinking I might not have gotten that memo
This article might as well have been called “Open Letter to my Girlfriend: Sorry about the unmentionable thing I did on Friday”
Over/under on the argument being about Duda getting jealous. Also… Duda got a girrrrlllllllfriend.
She clearly doesn’t think wool socks and birkenstocks is a becoming look
I really want to know what the argument was about Duda
cigarettes
If this is true, I can’t wait to read about what a shit storm this relationship is going to be BUT I hope it’s not true because I wish everyone in this world is able find friends and lovers that bring only happiness and positive vibes into their lives, tobacco or no tobacco
Is she not behind the whole cigs inside movement
Thought the “If you see something, say something” comment was going to be the car argument about where to stop for food on the trip home on Labor Day.
Going to take a wild guess:
She’s cheating on you/flirting with other guys and you brought it up to her, she made it seem like it was your fault/you were overreacting.
That was a very wild guess, Bill.
I let my imagination run wild.
I choose to believe that what he thought he saw was cocaine-related.
The truest article you’ve ever written
I say/write “bring it up with”…I’m curious about the “bring it up to”…regional? Toemayto/Toemahto? Choice? I’ve never said it that way.
You guys want to know how to really pay off your student debt and be a huge asshole while doing it? Good, that’s what I thought: Liquidate all your assets out of US bank accounts, open an offshore account or access an account and re-route your online activity through a proxy server and Tor browser. Link that account to a stock exchange and then stop paying your student loan payments so that you default on purpose. Take the payment amounts that otherwise would go to the loan provider and buy shares of student loan debt collections agencies. Given then fact that monthly payments are so high, you’ll be able to buy the majority of available shares next to the owners of the actual companies since the stock is cheap and the volume of shares is relatively low. Keep doing this for an extended amount of time and watch as the stock value of these companies increases with every kid that defaults on their student loans. The loan companies pay these collections agencies to then collect from defaulted debtors and since the student loan debt amount has exceeded $1.2 trillion, the probability of people defaulting on their loans is extremely high, which lines your pockets. Quit your job so they cant garnish your wages and do jobs that pay under the table. When these collections agencies stocks skyrocket 5 years from now, cash out and reap the returns, pay back your student debt and the interest faster than you would have if you actually kept paying the monthly payments and then take the money left over and reinvest some and then live off the rest. If you pull this off, you wil be the most famous person in the history of the Millennial generation lol
… How did you already amass 214 downvotes in 30 minutes?
Bots
Could also be a brigade as well, and someone has an ax to grind with them. Just very odd all around.
It’s been happening to all my comments lately and Will’s. Someone is cleverly fucking with the system
No. It’s time we all told you, your comments suck.
Just kidding man. Remember, down votes are not a true reflection of a man’s (PGP)value in this world
Haha aw damn, dude. Ice cold.
Thanks for the encouraging words during these tough times.
Pretty sure it’s your arch nemesis vagina boy being a scorned lil bitch.
LOL who the fuck takes the time/effort to hack a privileged millennial lifestyle website?
Noted leaker and suspicious hacker @thevaginator has been conspiring with #Russia to illegally manufacture down-votes on Trump, Will, and Neirbo accounts. The current code is becoming a burden on PGP users and now is harming friendly banter. The agitator must be STOPPED or Trump will be forced to take action. BAD!
Don, see my comment on the Parker House article by Joeb. It’s definitely him.